জাইত

Bengali

Alternative forms

• জাত (jat) — Standard

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit জাতি (jāti).

Noun

জাইত • (jait) (Vanga, Varendra)

1. (Chiefly living things) type; quality

   এটা কুন জাইতর ফল

   eṭa kun zaitôr phôl

   What type of fruit is this?

2. ethnicity; community; race; jati; caste

   তাঁই ভিন জাইতের মানুষ

   tãi bhin zaiter manuś

   He is of a different ethnicity

3. (Biology) breed; species, genus

   Synonym: প্রজাতি (projati)

   দেশী জাইতের ছাগল আছে?

   dêśi zaiter sagol ase?

   Do you have any goats of local breeds?

References

• Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh

• Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh

• Samsad Bangala Abhidhana, [3] Sailendra Biswas, University of Chicago